The PlantFiles Newsletter Covering the events of February 25, 2006, on which 191 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

((William) Bliss Carman, Canadian poet, journalist (born 4/15/1861))

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

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New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning latiloba   lat-ee-LOH-ba   Wide (wider) lobes   latilobum   lat-ee-LOH-bum   Wide (wider) lobes   latilobus   lat-ee-LOH-bus   Wide (wider) lobes   namuskluftensis   nam-us-kluft-EN-sis   Of or from Namuskluft, Namibia in southwest Africa   nevinii   nev-IN-ee-eye   Named for Reverend Joseph Cook Nevin, plant collector on Catalina Island (U.S.)   x belotii   be-LOT-ee-eye   An interspecific hybrid named by Dr. John Lindley, 19th century British botanist   lawrencei   law-RENS-ee-eye   Named for Robert William Lawrence, 19th century amateur botanist who collected in Tasmania   x tagliabuana   tag-lee-ah-boo-AH-na   Hybrid discovered by De Visiani at the Tagliabue Nursery, in Lainate (near Milan), Italy   elwesii   el-WEZ-ee-eye   Henry John Elwes, 19th century British plant collector, author and naturalist; the first recipient of the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society   Saruma   sar-OO-ma   Anagram of Asarum (ginger genus)

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... February 25, 2006